Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) - HBW 16, p. 251
French: Guit-guit brillant
German: Azurnaschvogel
Spanish: Mielerito Reluciente
Taxonomy: Coereba lucida P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1859, Guatemala.
This genus and Dacnis were previously regarded as members of a separate family, Coerebidae, but later placed in present family on basis of similarities in skull anatomy; molecular phylogenies indicate that the two genera are sisters and form a monophyletic group with Tersina. Present species thought to form a superspecies with C. caeruleus; in the past sometimes treated as conspecific, but the two are sympatric in extreme E Panama and adjacent NW Colombia. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lucidus (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1859) - foothills of Gulf–Caribbean slope of S Mexico (E Chiapas) through NC Guatemala, Belize (Cockscomb Mts) and N Honduras to NE Nicaragua.
- isthmicus Bangs, 1907 - Costa Rica (entire E slope, and Pacific slope in San José) S to E Panama and adjacent extreme NW Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a feeding place. Locality Costa Rica
Max Roth 20 March 2007 2 years ago 39 sec 4.3 -
Pair at feeder in the rain with Clay-colored Robin and female Green Honeycreeper Locality Gavilan Lodge, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Desmond Allen 14 February 2011 49 weeks ago 31 sec 3 -
Pair at feeder in the rain with Clay-colored Robin, Greyish Saltator and Blue-grey Tanager Locality Gavilan Lodge, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Desmond Allen 14 February 2011 49 weeks ago 33 sec 2.8
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A male sitting on a branch.
Locality Zoo Wuppertal, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 9 July 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Male sitting on a branch
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Johannes Pfleiderer 19 May 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
A male on a branch
Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Aleix Comas 25 June 2010 1 year ago 3
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